1^3 2-^7 5 






y 




^^1*'*^-Utr^4tA^ 



QU^ ^^iptf 




•^ 



N-xi^ 



x^ 



"^l^^v^-wW. V v.\ 



NEW YORK 

Anson D. F. Randolph & Company 

Qoo Broadway, Cor. 20th Street 



Copyright, 1885, by_^riirfiiii I> F H^ndulimi & Comiany 

OCT 15 IW5 ' ; N> 



75 



-3^ 



w^ 



6' 



-^Ar 



y,« 



PjJH, years ago I — no matter where, 
^^ Beneath what roof or sky, 
I dreamed of days, perhaps remote, 
Where ships of mine that were afloat. 

Should in the harbor He, 
And all the costly freights they bore 
Enrich me both in mind and store. 



OfYlIiAT dreams they were of Argosies 

Laden in many a clime ; 
So stoutly built, so bravely manned, 
No fear but they would come to land 

At their appointed time ; 
And I should see them, one by one. 
Close furl their sails in summer's sun. 



njTND then, while men in wonder stood, 
^ My ships I would unlade ; 
My treasures vast they should behold, 
And to my learning or my gold 
What honors would be paid ! 
And though the years might come and go, 
I could but wiser, richer grow. 



II. 

^N later years, — no matter where, 
^ Beneath what roof or sky, 
I saw the dreams of days remote 
Fade out, and ships that were afloat, 

As drifting wrecks go by : 
And all the many freights they bore 
Lay fathoms deep, or strewed the shore! 



OfJlHILE ships of which I never thought, 

Were saiHng o'er the sea ; 
And one by one, with costHer lade, 
In safety all the voyage made, 

And brought their freights to me ; 
What I had lost but trifle seemed, 
And I was richer than I dreamed ! 



A^O wondering crowd, with envious eye, 
^ Looked on my treasure rare ; 
Yet they were weightier far than gold ; 
They still increase, though I grow old, 

And are beyond compare : 
Would all the restless hearts I see 
Had ships like these that came to me ! 



f ZLS 991 910 

■■ 

SSBdONOD dO AdUdSin 



